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Q: Estimated date for 2.16 release ?

Aaron W. LaFramboise aaron98wiridge9@aaronwl.com
Mon Feb 14 18:07:00 GMT 2005 
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 03:40:59PM +0200, Tomer Levi wrote:

>>Is there any estimated date for the next Binutils formal release (version 
>>2.16) ?
>>We would like to plan our work accordingly.
> 
> There is no plan yet.  I would like to branch sometime very soon; does
> anyone know of issues that need to be resolved before the next release?

For i386 PE targets, there is an issue with weak symbol support.  Since
2.16 will be the first release where these "work," it would be nice if
their semantics were fixed for the foreseeable future.

Specifically, while the current PE weak symbol semantics are correct
with respect to applicable standards and documentation, they are
incompatible with ELF in one particular respect.  The feedback I have
received indicates that this sort of compatibility may be important.
See <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=10854052> for
details.

I'm waiting for feedback on the mingw-dvlpr list (or here).  If it seems
the consensus is that this extension should be implemented, I'll submit
a patch.  The latest I'd submit a patch would be on February 21.


Aaron W. LaFramboise
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